Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 07:21:56 +0300 (MSK) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> Cc: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A couple problems in FreeBSD 2.1.0-950922-SNAP Message-ID: <hYatTWmWE0@ache.dialup.demos.ru> In-Reply-To: <KkJ7RWmaE4@ache.dialup.demos.ru>; from =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= at Mon, 16 Oct 1995 04:13:55 %2B0300 (MSK) References: <199510160100.VAA06828@exalt.x.org> <KkJ7RWmaE4@ache.dialup.demos.ru>
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>In message <199510160100.VAA06828@exalt.x.org> Kaleb S. KEITHLEY > writes: >>> If you want 8859-1, just use proper locale. >>A nice suggestion. Too bad it doesn't work. ANSI/POSIX1 say that a >>program does the equivalent of setlocale(LC_ALL, "C") on startup. Given >>that ls, and I gather everything else, disregard my LANG, LC_ALL, and >>LC_CTYPE environment variables, I'm left wondering how it is you think >>that using the "proper locale" will help. Are you assuming that I'm >>using the undocumented hack of setting the ENABLE_STARTUP_LOCALE >>environment variable? Briefly says, I disagree with default table propogation to 8859-1 (well, maybe agree with propogation to KOI8-R :-) because: 1) It violates POSIX default "C" locale description. 2) It breaks all >=8bit charsets which names != 8859-1. Pretty enough. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849
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